Adopted versus non-adopted

The feelings of not belonging anywhere, loneliness, isolation, and hiraeth* are part of my daily life since I was adopted.

I didn’t know any of these feelings when I was not adopted, other than an occasional  homesickness.

*hiraeth: a homesickness tinged with grief or sadness over the lost or departed; a mix of longing, yearning, nostalgia, wistfulness, or an earnest desire for the past. [link]